The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-18

cabinets are filled with Indian pottery and curos,
and the walls are covered with paintings of
Western scenery, with bnffaos and Indians in
the foreground. Black Kettles war belt is as
dear to MIN a peachblow vase and Sioux
war club Is the chief treasure in the collection
JUDGE DIcKEN, Of Henry county. Georgia,
was called TO preside at a trial the other day for
the possession of negro baby. There was SO
much hard swearing OF each side that the Judge
was at a loss to know where the truth lay. and,
bethinklng himself of Solomon in like 2redica-
ment, he grabbed the baby, and. as local paper
says, reached down into his girdle and pulled
out his bowie-knife. and proposed to do the
square thing by the claimants by eiclng the
baby in two. Both claimants, thinking the
Judge had right to divide the baby, rushed
frantically up to him, saving: Boss, don't kill
him. You may have him."
WHEN Josh Billings started out on his first
lecturing tour he began with a small New Jer
sey town, and had just six people for an audi
ence. He wrapped up his manuscript after the
lecture, told the hotel that he was going
back to New York and go to work. and not unite
that package until he could come back to that
town and speak to an audience that would fill
the house. He went back to the city and struck
a new lead Some years after he was invited TO
that town and found an immense audience.
When he came on the stage he begun to unite
his package. telling the story as he went along,
and then delivered his original lecture. He said
this shutting out the past and beginning over
again was the secret of success.
A CURIOUS charge is brought against Henri
Rochefort While the persons who enabled the
Communist Marquis to escape from New Gale
donia are at the present time Ministers and
Deputies, the bargee who owned the boat in
which Rochefort reached the American ship that
took him to San Francisco in 1874. together with
his friends. Paschal Grousset, Olivier Pain,
nnpHn ooA live 10 IN nrd
of small hotel in Australia, and he has never
been paid for the of his boat on that memor-
able occasion. The bargee was punished by ex-
pulsion from New Caledonia. He accordingly
went TO Australia, but being ignorant of En-
glish. had good deal of trouble in getting on.
He is now in Paris. and intends to see NJ. Roche
fort about the payment for the loan of the boat
as soon as possible.
l. IT is said that somewhere hid in the dark and
dusty crypts of the Capitol all, nearly all
| the papers taken from John Brown at Harper's
| Ferry. Repeated efforts have been made to find
| them, but in vain. A New York publisher, who
has printed great deal about the Harpers Ferry
| insnrrection, and intends soon to put in book
| form a series of magazine articles. has spent
considerable time and money of late in ransack
| ing the archives of the Capitol, so far with nj
results The papers were left at the Capitol By
the Senate committee on investigation appointed
! by the Thirty fifth Congress. Senator Mason
| of Mason and Slideli fame. was chairman OF TINS
| committee. Among these papers. and there wa.
| trunkfu of them originally, is Browns diary
In it WAS list classifying his friends in thu
| scheme to free the slaves by instruction. HI
| had two columns on facing pages. one marked
| Reliable" the other 'Unreabe." The frs
| two names on the latter list were those of Free
Douglass and Fred Douglass, jr.
II rs EVER THUS.
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Is chased by thaw.
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